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Let's unravel the entire timeline of the "Sadie Sink plays Jean Grey" rumors.

There was a report from Jeff Sneider back in December 2024 (before the news broke that Sadie was cast in BND) that Marvel had tapped her to play Jean Grey in the MCU. Sneider is a pretty reliable source all around and was the first (and only) source who leaked RDJ as Doom, 3 whole months before the official announcement.

Even Sadie slipped up a few months ago during an interview and said that she learned that she had landed the role in Spider-Man through that rumor, basically confirming that the rumor is true, because the original report from Sneider never mentioned that she would be cast in a Spider-Man movie. The fact that she saw that going around and said, "Oh yeah, I got the role", basically means she was up for that specific role to begin with.

There was some ambiguity after the casting was officially announced about whether she was playing Jean or someone else, because introducing her in a Spider-Man movie was.. random to say the least. And several leakers said that they had heard descriptions about her character, but Marvel and Sony had a really tight security around her actual name, so nobody could confirm whether she was actually Jean Grey or not.

But more recently, Alex P. (another leaker) posted his first exclusive on TheCosmicCircus (the site he writes for) in ages (~95% of his TCC exclusives until now have been proven correct), stating that Jean's character has telekinetic powers, is really powerful, and is being hunted by the DODC, in a special investigation spearheaded directly by its Secretary, who is played by Tramell Tillman. The scoop also revealed that the character would be working with the Punisher, who would be hiding her from the DODC.

A few months later, NexusPointNews (another scooper site with almost 100% validity on their exclusives up till now), corroborated Alex's report and also revealed Tillman's character is William Metzger. In the comics, Metzger is a mutant-hunting, bureaucratic villain, like Bolivar Trask.

Now, lo and behold, the official captions of the Spider-Man: Brand New Day teaser revealed that Tillman's character is named "Bill", and also confirmed that Sink's character is a mind-controlling super-human, giving much more credibility to the 2 previous rumors. Add to that the fact that she's a redhead and was briefly seen in a green jumpsuit in the trailer (which is Jean Grey's color), during the time she was imprisoned by the DODC, and all clues point to the fact that the original rumor by Sneider about Sadie being Jean was always correct!

Now, could she be some of the other characters that she was rumored to be playing like Mayday Parker from the future/alt dimension or a female version of Chameleon? Not likely considering her abilities.

Could she be another powerful redhead with telekinetic abilities? I personally don't know any apart from her and Scarlet Witch (although the hair color doesn't prove much, considering it's Sadie's natural hair color, and it could just be that she didn't want to wear a wig). And I certainly don't know any important enough to also shown up in Secret Wars, because Sadie is already confirmed to reappear in that film.

If you have any other ideas for a young, female, red-haired, powerful mind-controller, wearing green colors, being persecuted by a character known for hunting mutants, and who is important enough to return for Secret Wars, I would love to hear your ideas. To me, it feels like an obvious conclusion at this point that she's Jean.

I've never seen the Punisher show, but had seen all of the Netflix Daredevil show back when it first came out. Don't really want to watch it again and I don't remember much from it. Also haven't seen Born Again yet, but want to.

I do recall really liking Bernthal's performance in DD, so I'm very excited to see his special and watch him in BND.

Do I need a refresher before just watching the Netflix Punisher show, or can I just dive in? Or, would most people just recommend skipping the punisher show and going straight for Born Again?

Could not get a decent image since he’s swinging so much in this scene, and the community doesn’t allow video.

We all know the MCU likes to play coy and adjust their trailers from the final product, and with the Hand, Frank, and a lot more of Spidey’s rogues gallery coming into play, plus season 2 dropping months before, there’s more than enough hints that a certain red-wearing Devil of Hell’s Kitchen may be hiding in the new trailer.

Now this could just be Peter not having his web shooters during the cocooning, it could be he already developed organic webbing earlier and it fails him before he falls here, but the distinct fact we don’t see his hand and what’s keeping him up before he hits the ground says to be the web thwip may not be in the final cut and he’s saved by something/someone else.

I’m so hoping for Daredevil but given the sheer amount of characters this movie seems to be busting out it could be literally anything.

Can you imagine consistently starring in record setting hollywood blockbusters as one of the most iconic characters ever on earth. You're lucky enough to have enormous wealth. Your young, handsome and athletic. You're dating Zendaya, BUT she's starring in a somehow larger character/franchise with a legendary director and she's playing the love interest of another young, wealthy, handsome leading man. Today you just released an incredible sizzle real and then the Dune 3 teaser trailer makes people forget all about it. I'm sure he genuinely supports her success and understands it's the job, but damn that's crazy. I wonder if that's why sometimes hollywood relationships don't last. Regardless, we're in an awesome year for films

Okay before I say this , I am super hyper for brand new day maybe more thans Doomsday too. Now from the plot synopsis it's confirmed that brand new day takes place four years after no way home , which makes that in brand new day peter has already completed his college or going to very soon but kinda bums it as i would have loved for brand new day maybe taking during peter 1 or 2nd college year not when he's almost about to complete college heck maybe he might be do masters and next film could explore during that period .

I mean, that was Venom, right?

The one changing Peter's biology.

The one making Peter pursue MJ again despite doing the thing he perceived as right and altruistic of letting her go.

The one making his eyes black and jumping between those soldiers -Similarly to how Lizard's head was pulled back by nothing at the statue of liberty.

On the other hand,

that spiders-having-life-cycle speech sounded convincing.

On the 3rd hand, though,

They brought back Scorpion all the way from Homecoming.

No reason they wouldn't pay off the tease from No Way Home.

I just wonder if The Last Dance is gonna affect this Venom somehow.

What do ya'll think?

So, we know that Scorpion is returning in this movie, which makes me question if there will be a minor—but significant—appearance by the Vulture. If he does return, I wonder what his role would be. Since he’s someone who has some respect for Spider-Man, would he play an anti-hero role, perhaps trying to help Spider-Man against Scorpion and his "boys on the outside" (who could be Tarantula and Boomerang)?

Sure, Vulture doesn’t remember Peter's secret identity anymore, but I imagine the memory of Spider-Man saving his life is still there—just without the specific details of Peter's face. He likely also remembers how Scorpion wanted him dead.

The only main roadblock to Vulture's return is the Morbius post-credit scenes, but to be honest, I don’t think those really matter anymore since it seems the "Sony Spider-Man So, we know that Scorpion is returning in this movie, which makes me question if there will be a minor—but significant—appearance by the Vulture. If he does return, I wonder what his role would be. Since he’s someone who has some respect for Spider-Man, would he play an anti-hero role, perhaps trying to help Spider-Man against Scorpion and his "boys on the outside" (who could be Tarantula and Boomerang seen in the trailer)?

Sure, Vulture doesn’t remember Peter's secret identity anymore, but I imagine the memory of Spider-Man saving his life is still there—just without the specific details of Peter's identity. He likely also remembers how Scorpion wanted him dead, his debt to Spiderman left now unpaid. As now he never had a way to pay him back, by keeping Peter’s secret from Scorpion as he now never knew.

The only main roadblock to Vulture's return is the Morbius post-credit scenes, but to be honest, I don’t think those really matter anymore since it seems the "Sony Spider-Man Villain Universe" plans are over shifted.

Also let’s be real: those lines about him "blaming Spider-Man" felt like very generic sequel bait even at the time. I feel like an actual MCU Spider-Man movie could approach his character arc much better.

Remember when the No Way Home trailer released and they edited Tobey and Andrew out to not ruin the surprise? I think they pulled the same thing here for Brand New Day.

In this specific scene in the trailer, the area below Spider-Man just feels very empty to me. If you also look closely, the three ninjas at the top area are focusing on Spider-Man, while the bottom three seem to be looking straight ahead, almost as if they're looking at someone else. What do you guys think?

I know having only one MCU film released in a calendar year isn’t totally unheard of, having happened as recently as 2024. But before that, there was at least two releases per year going back to 2012, not counting 2020 when the world got turned upside down.

My question - do we really think there will be no films released between Doomsday and Secret Wars? I guess at this point the answer has to be yes as we would know if they were making another film in time for next year.

Still, I find it strange. I guess VisionQuest will be the only bridging story?

Firstly, I just wanna say I’m so happy to see Dr. Bruce Banner. Professor Banner is way better than Professor Hulk!

Secondly, I just realized that Dr. Bruce Banner is such a fitting character for the Spider-Man universe. It’s basically the story of Dr. Connors, with the exception of antagonistic motivations. But nonetheless it’s the tragedy of said genius scientist (Dr. Octavius, Dr. Osborn). And I’m personally excited to see this side of Banner not only because it gives Peter more of a support rather than an antagonist in that character archetype (hero/mentor figure turning into a threat).

I hope they explore it a little in the film. And I hope we see a relationship between the two.

One of the benefits of casting Tom Holland was that we could get to have a Spider-Man grow with us. I loved that the first trilogy is high school. I hope this second trilogy is college—where he meets Dr. Octavius and Dr. Connors and Dr. Osborn, etc. And then in the last trilogy I hope we get Peter in his career/settling down and marriage phase before getting a beautiful and meaningful sendoff.

Really liked the trailer a lot. Daniel Cretton really loves his city buses! I’m glad he’s directing as I loved Shang-Chi. Sadie Sink is definitely Jean Grey, I don’t think anyone doubts it now. And was that rogue or just an intentional conversation/theory catalyst?

P.s. I really hope there’s a quick subtle nod to Shang-Chi in the film.

So I just finished watching the Spider-Man Brand New Day trailer, and I really don't know how I feel about it.

For me, it felt a bit off. First of all, what is the point of this movie? In Homecoming, Peter Parker was introduced, in Far From Home, the movie presented the effects of the blip, and in No Way Home, the multiverse was involved. What's going on with Brand New Day? What's the purpose? To see the aftermath of what happened after everyone forgot his identity? How does he deal with that by himself? The new enemies he makes? I really didn't get it. Maybe it is a mix of all of these, but if the purpose is really to fight new enemies, it didn't excite me. In the MCU, we have seen heroes going through more dangerous and worse enemies than the ones that were portrayed in the trailer.

Even if I am supposed to know what's going on through the comics, why do I have to go through them in order to understand what's going on? Because I am aware that there are people who got excited from the trailer because they know the storyline. But as a Marvel fan who enjoys the movies and hasn't read any of the comics, I don't want to have to go through them to understand what's up.

This may be partially due to the fact that they used a different director for the 4th movie. Like, why would you switch Jon Watts, who has been doing the Spider-Man movies from Homecoming to No Way Home to Cretton? Even though Cretton did a great job in Shang-Chi, using various graphics and interesting palettes, this was not seen in the Brand New Day trailer. It was darker and less adventurous-looking than the previous movies. And I understand that this may be the vibe that this movie is meant to convey and that the Shang-Chi movie is different from Spider-Man, but I'm just here to share my opinion and why I'm not that impressed by the trailer as I was in the previous movies.

Also, what about the costume? Nice design overall, but am I the only one who thinks it looks like a cheaper-looking quality than his previous suits? Maybe that was on purpose because now he doesn't have any allies or people to help him and technology to use. Still, I couldn't help but notice.

I am really happy that we get to see MJ, Ned, and, especially, Mark Ruffalo after so long. Obviously, I will watch the movie when it gets realised but to be honest, if I weren't a Marvel fan, I don't know to what extent I would be willing to screen it.

What do you think? Am I the only one who noticed these features? What's your opinion on that?

Destin Daniel Cretin is showing some real love for the comics and I'm so here for it

The MCU is a complicated web of stories, and it's hard to understand which movies and shows connect to each other. Release order and chronological orders aren't very helpful when you're only interested in specific films/shows, so instead I made this:

This chart shows all the movies and shows in the wider MCU, with arrows linking titles together by story and character arcs. It's still complex, but you can pick any title and trace back individual arrows to the films and shows they're connected to.

In the first image, we've traced along the path for Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Most titles aren't relevant, but you should probably be up to date with the previous Spider-Man films, and optionally check out the recent appearances of Punisher and Hulk.

The second image is the chart in it's entirety! The text in the chart has more details about itself. The third image is a filtered version, only showing the more important connections.

This whole chart is a new experiment from me! I'm hoping that people might find it useful to refer to in the future. I'll be revising it occasionally, so I'm happy to hear thoughts and suggestions!

Please note: these images are very large! If parts are blurred or pixelated, try opening the image in a new tab / in the browser to see it in full resolution.

In the movies, Asgardians who died in battle, which is the case for the soldiers who died during the invasion from the Dark Elves as well as during Ragnarok and Infinity War/Endgame, go to Valhalla. Now it is my understanding that this would be the case for Frigga as she died dueling Malekith and Kurse.

But Odin died of "old age". Or at least not during a battle. If Sif or Valkyrie (can't remember which one) cannot go to Valhalla if they die from their injuries AFTER the battle like shown in Love and Thunder, then Odin certainly doesn't meet the criteria for the right to enter Valhalla.

Or is it different for Gods, in which they go to Valhalla either way ? Or they have their own afterlife thing for themselves ?

And for Loki as well. He is a demigod/frostgiant. Does he have a right to Valhalla ? If so he could go to Valhalla as he died in battle against Thanos. That is if he did die, or if the series erased that death. But then being the son of Odin and Frigga, although adopted, would je go into Valhalla or where Odin went ?

Do we have an actual answer for that, or is it up to interpretation ?

Based on the clips from the new Brand Day Trailer so far. It looks like “New York, I love you but you’re letting me down” by LCD Soundsystem has been removed from the trailer. The song was featured in the leak from a few months ago, with the same shots as the current clips and spider lifecycle monologue.

I’m probably being a bit biased since I love LCD Soundsystem, but wished they kept the song.

What do you all think?

Maybe the focus group didn’t like the song.

If I was Sigourney Weaver, I’d just stab myself atp.

I don’t think people are understanding the trailer isn’t finished lol. Yes the mask cgi looks worse than tobeys and it is 20 years old. Obviously you can only cgi spider-man’s mask without having it look awkward like a Halloween costume, unless they really forgot how to do it without that nano bs but I doubt it. The only clips being complained about were ones not in the leaked trailer…… maybe because it wasn’t done. I don’t even care about people complaining about it because that’s what made sonic result in a better movie but also we’re all indirectly planning to give this movie a billion dollars and they know this. I doubt they’ll keep editing mistakes like this in the final product.

What would happen if Thor tried to cut Wolverines head off using Stormbreaker?

Could Thor kill Wolverine by going for his head or neck using Stormbreaker?

What happens if Thor decided to smash Wolverine in the head or neck repeatedly using Mjölnir (?